June 21, 2011

obsessed.: Nathan Fillion

While last week's celebrity obsessed. was inspired by a book signing, this week's—unfortunately—is not. This week's obsessed., however, is inspired. As is the subject of the post. (See what I did there? I gots word skillz.)

To newer fans, Nathan Fillion is Rick Castle, wacky author, part-time detective and foil to Detective Kate Beckett on Castle. (Which I have gushed over previously.) Longer-time fans will know him as Captain Hammer from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Captain Mal Reynolds of Firefly and Serenity, Caleb on Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, roles on Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place and One Life to Live and a variety of other shows and movies.

Nathan as Mal Reynolds:

Nathan as Captain Hammer:

Nathan as Rick Castle:

Nathan as Rick Castle as Mal Reynolds:

Although the man is quite handsome, it's his acting (I promise) that I enjoy watching most. He's a funny and genuine character in all of his roles. He makes an excellent anti-hero on Firefly, he's hilarious asthe ridiculous Captain Hammer, and a fantastic dad and friend on Castle. He also seems—as far as I can tell from Twitter, interviews and stalking hearsay—like an all-around cool person and geek. (He recently voiced the role of Hal Jordan in Green Lantern: Emerald Nights.) For example—and here's the inspiration for this post, thank you Wes:

9 comments:

I love him so much. Favorite role? As much as I really like Mal (and Captain Hammer), I really like him as Castle. I feel like Castle is probably closest to his real personality. How much would I love to go to a Rick Castle book signing??? I wonder if he'll come to Denver.

okay, i really want to watch castle... BUT hulu only has the third season streaming. do i have to watch from the beginning or do you think it's okay to start with season three and watch the other two after? i would normally never do this, but i need some good summer tv!